Adolf sonnenschein



(No Model.)

A..YsoNNBNsGHB1N. FAN ATTACHMENT FOR GHILDRBNSYYGARRIAGES".

N0. 376,684. Patented Jan. '17,' 1888. 8

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AnoLE soNNENscHEIN, OE NEw YORK, N. Y., AssiGNoE To HiMsELE AND MAX soEULHoEoE sAME PLAGE.

FAN ATTACHMENT FOR CHILDREN'S czAR'mAca-l-z's.v

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 376,684, dated January 17, 1888.,4

Application tiled April 7, 1887. Serial No. 234,007. (No model.)

4 the body F of the yca .rria'ge by hinges b b, and

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLE SoNNENsoHEIN, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at New York, in the county and Statie of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fan Attachments for Child rens Carriages, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to an improved fan attachment for child rens carriages and the like; and it has for its object lto provide for a steady current of air while the carriage is in motion.

To such end my invention consists in the features of construction and Acombination of devices,her,einafter described and claimed, reference beingrnade to the accompanying drawings, in which-V Figurel represents a vertical section in the plane x x, Fig. 3. Fig. 2 isl a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan or top view. Fig. 4 is a side elevation, on a'smaller scale than the preceding figures, of a carriage provided with my fan attachment. y

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. In the drawings, the letter A designates a fan-casing in'closing a rotary fan, B, Fig. l, of any known construction. The horizontal fanshaft C extends beyond the ends of the casing, and has bearings in boxes a a at cach end of the casing. Upon said shaft are aligned at a ldistance apart equal to the distance between the front wheels, E E, Fig. 4, ofa lcarriage two friction-disks, D D, Figs. l, 2, and 3,which are intended tov come into contact with the periplieries of said wheels E E, whereby a rotary motion is imparted to said shaftand the fan is caused to revolvewhen the carriage isset in motion. The friction-disks are best made of soft rubber` havinga corrugated surface,which disks can,if desired, be made adjustable on the shaft.

The casing A is suspended from the front of it is free to move about the line of hinges, so that the weight of the attachment retains the frictionl disks D D on theshaft C in contact with the wheels E of the carriage.

To leadpthe air from the mouth c of the casing above the body ofthe carriage, I make use of an eduction-tube, G, which is secured4 in any convenient manner to the casing, and has a curvature or shape to suity the body of the carriage, in order that it may lie close tothe.

The combination, with a carriage-body andv its supportingwheels, of the fan case A,

hinged to the `body and provided with a stavtiouary boxing, a, at each end', a tube, G, rising vertically from the fan-case and having its upper end bent laterally over the carriage- `body to direct the air-currents upon the occupant, the fan-shaft C, extending through the case and boxings and projecting beyond each end of the caseand swinging with the latter, and a friction disk, D, in each end of the fanshaft respectively engaging the supportingwheels of the carriage-body, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my l hand and seal inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ADOLF SONNENSCHEIN [1.. s] l Witnesses:

W. C. HAUEF, A. -FAEER DU FAUE,Jr. 

